Sulphur, carbon and oxygen isotope studies of early Variscan mineralisation and Pb-Sb vein deposits in the Cornubian orefield: Implications for the scale of fluid movements during Variscan deformation

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-331

  Clayton, R E ^a   Spiro, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

CORNUBIAN OREFIELD; CORNWALL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034175991     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050244     Document Type: Article

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